Computer simulation of wind flow around buildings.

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Hanson T., Smith F., Summers D., Wilson C.B.
wind, wind tunnel, heat loss, mathematical modelling
Year:
1982
Bibliographic info:
Computer-aided Design 1982 vol.14 no.1 p.27-31

Describes the relationship between wind flow round a building and heat loss from it. The relative merits of numerical and wind tunnel models are discussed and various numerical techniques, including the vortex method and the control volume method, are examined.

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